Best Sub-£500 TV. Fact. (Samsung PS-42A456P)

Member Name: Patrick3001

Product:	Samsung PS-42A456P
Date:	21/01/09 (279 review reads)
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Advantages: It does moving pictures and sound better than the competition but costs less

Disadvantages: It's not full HD.

I spent hours and hours on the internest looking at reviews of TV's. There's a mind boggling number of things that you're supposed to look at, is it high definition, is full HD? whats the contrast ratio? refresh rate? It goes on and on.

If you want a TV that has all the highest numbers in all of these things you're going to be spending in the £1000's. Several thousand for top of the range. And you'd be an idiot. Fact.

This TV isn't full hd. It's just standard 720p HD. It's a plasma, when many will tell you LCD is better these days, and it's contrast ratio doesn't compare with some of the latest and greatest sets. So lets just get that all out of the way.

Now go and look at it next to those sets in your local currys/comet/whatever - you'll be blown away. The picture quality absolutely obliterates anything else in the price range. Seriously, i'm not a massive Samsung fan, I only bought the brand based on what I saw. It trounces all the LCD's in this price range - sure if you've got the money for a 240Hz LCD - get that, it looks marginally better than this for triple the price.

And honestly, you really can't tell much difference between 1080p and 720p. Certainly not at this size.

Oh, I forgot to mention, the sound is outstanding too - however I have seen quite a feww offers around with this TV and a surround sound system together, so you might ger an even better deal if you need both.

I can't say it enough, you really need to see this TV in action to appreciate just what incredible value for money it represents. People will tell you that the lifespan of this generation of plasma tv is only about 10 years - but if you're like me there's no way you'll still have a TV in 10 years anyway. This really is the smart buy, it's not only better than the competition, but is also cheap enough to avoid bankruptcy/divorce.

p.s there is another model by Samsung at a similar price/spec but with 457 at the end of the model number rather than 456. I'm not sure if this is just a newer model - it mat be worth a look if this is not available.

Summary: Pound for Pound the best TV available hands down.